Trinity upends Williams in section title game

The Williams High boys basketball team fell short of winning a second straight section title with a 70-56 loss to Trinity in the Northern Section Division V championship game on Saturday night at Shasta College in Redding.

The No. 3-seeded Wolves opened up a 3720 lead at halftime and held off the topseeded Yellowjackets in the second half to snap Williams’ 11-game winning streak and take the title back to Weaverville.

“They just shot the lights out. We played decent defense and had a hand in their face, but they didn’t miss much,” said Williams coach Tony Hermann. “It was just a bad time to have an off night. We just got outshot.”

Alex Velazquez led the way for the Yellowjackets once again by pouring in a team-high 28 points. Anthony Davalos added 15 points and sophomore Cesar Lopez came off the bench to knock down two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter while finishing with six.

Despite with the loss, Williams qualified for the CIF State Tournament for the second straight year for making it to the section finals. The Yellowjackets (23-6) will find out their seeding and opponent when the brackets are released today and will more than likely have to travel for thier first-round game.

WRESTLING YC’s Valderrama places in top 12 In Bakersfield – Yuba City sophomore Dylan Valderrama had quite the run at the 45th annual CIF Boys Wrestling State Championships.

After losing his first match at one of the nation’s most prestigious tournaments on Friday, Valderrama rattled off four consecutive victories and just missed out on a medal when he lost on a takedown with only three seconds remaining in his final match on Saturday at the Rabobank Arena.

He ended the tournament with a 4-2 record, and finished in the top 12 in the state in the 162-pound division.

“Winning four straight matches is pretty darn good,” said Honkers coach Kristen Costa, pointing out that the champion only wins five matches at the tourney. “He was one of only a few kids to lose his first match and make it that far.”

Valderrama was the first Yuba City wrestler to qualify for the state meet since Jordan Holmes did it in the heavyweight division in 2006.

Sutter’s Jimmy Heryford (115 pounds), Zac Hancock (134) and Mike Adams (140) also competed at the state meet, but each failed to make it to the second day.

SOFTBALL Yuba City 2, East Nicolaus 1 Yuba City 14, Colfax 4 In Trowbridge – The Honkers finished the Lindhurst Tournament with a perfect 4-0 record after posting two wins at East Nicolaus High on Saturday.

Sophomore standout Blake Craft, who tossed two no-hitters to open the season on Friday, was sensational once again for Yuba City by striking out 16 batters and throwing another no-hitter in the victory over the host Spartans. The only baserunner she allowed came on a dropped third strike.

Craft also went 2 for 3 with an RBI to lead the Honkers at the plate.

In the second game, Liz Rudstrom went 2 for 4 with a home run and four RBIs to power the Honkers to a mercy-rule victory over Colfax. Brianna Pope finished 3 for 4 and Ashley Jakowski added a 2-for-3 showing to help supply the offense.

Vayley Witherspoon threw the first three innings to earn the win for Yuba City (4-0), which will play at Nevada Union on Monday, weather permitting. Marysville 10, Bear River 4, Marysville 11, Nevada Union 3

In Olivehurst – The Indians also finished the Lindhurst Tournament a perfect 4-0 with a pair of easy victories over teams from Nevada County.

Hannah Clavelle went 2 for 3 with a two-run homer, and Josie Rapp, Savannah Southward and Rayna Southward drove in two runs each to power Marysville to the win over Bear River.

Rayna Southward also hit a double, while Emily Stobaugh and Veda Smith both finished 2 for 3.

The Indians wasted little time in the victory over Nevada Union in the second game, recording seven hits and scoring eight runs in the first inning en route to an easy victory. They finished the game with 10 hits.

Rapp pitched well and earned the win in both games for Marysville (4-2), which hosts Sutter on Monday. Lindhurst 3, Bear River 2

Lindhurst 3, Center 2 In Olivehurst – The Blazers closed out their own Lindhurst Tournament with two wins by identical scores on Saturday.

Lindhurst collected six hits in the win over Bear River, and was led at the plate by Tayler Barnes and Danika Martin, both of whom finished 2 for 3 with a double.

Samantha Freitas pitched the first three innings and stuck out three while allowing two hits to earn the win, and Martin struck out three and allowed five hits over the final three innings to close it out and earn the save.

In the win over Center, Alexis Steele and Arika Ellott both finished 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI to lead the Blazers’ ninehit attack. Mattie Cheever added a pair of singles as well.

Freitas allowed one hit to go with three strikeouts over the first two innings, and Martin fanned five and surrendered three hits over the final five frames to record the win.

Lindhurst (3-1) will travel to Woodland to face Pioneer on Tuesday.

TRACK & FIELD Falcons, Indians compete

at Sac State In Sacramento – Marysville and River Valley opened its seasons at the 43-team Sacramento State High School Track Classic on Saturday.

Topping the list of performers was Indians’ senior Parker Jenks, who took first place in both the discus and the shot put at the event. Jenks heaved the discus 158 feet, 1 inch to record a personal best and posted a gold-medal mark of 51-6 ⁄ in the shot.

Tim Spence finished sixth in the discus (129-4), Gavin Battista took 13th in the pole vault (10-8), Eugene Barajas was 14th in the 110 high hurdles (17.79 seconds) and 21st in the 300 hurdles (48.03), and Gary Walker placed 14th in the 100 (11.74).

David Kerstan took 19th in the 400 (2 minutes, 5.87 seconds), and Mikah Bernal finished 23rd in both the 400 (54.80) and 100 (12.06) to round out the top performers for Marysville.

Leading the way for the Falcons’ varsity boys team was sophomore Dante Montgomery, who placed fourth in the triple jump (39-10) and 13th in the high jump (5-4).

Emmanuel Castrellon was ninth in the high jump (5-6) and 17th in the pole vault (9-8), Abhishek Singh took 11th long jump (19-8), Dylan de la Vega was 12th in the triple jump (37-0) and 15th in the long jump (19-0), and Kevonni Gibbs placed 15th in the 100 (11.77 seconds).

River Valley’s 4x100 relay team of Isaac Pendilla, David Castrejon, Singh and Gibbs also took ninth at the meet with a time of 45.43.

On the girls side, Cornelia Richardson was the top performer for the Falcons by placing 12th in the 100 hurdles (17.43).

Genevieve Hagen took 15th in the long jump (15-1), Sarah Holland was 15th in the 1600 (5:38.43), Nadia Love placed 19th in the long jump (14-10), Alaira Smith finished 21st in the triple jump (29-3) and Abigail Titus was 22nd in the discus (74-7) to complete the leaders for River Valley.

SWIMMING Yuba City falls to Woodland

In Yuba City – Both the Honkers’ boys and girls swim teams fell to Woodland in their first TriCounty Conference meet of the season on Friday at Gauche Aquatic Park.

Yuba City’s boys team lost, 100-69. Sebastian Respicio took second in both the 200-yard individual medley (2:46.96) and 100 breaststroke (1:22.46) to lead the way for the Honkers.

Also placing second in individual events were Harrison Cheim in the 100 butterfly (1:06.06), Ashton Reynolds in the 100 freestyle (1:00.63) and Trevor Martin in the 500 freestyle (6:04.51).

Yuba City’s girls team lost, 119-53. Alexandrea Petersen was the top performer for the Honkers by taking first in the diving competition with a score of 135.60. Jessica Silviera took second in both the 200 individual medley (2:48.48) and 500 freestyle (6:40.75), and Kayla Quintana placed second in the 100 backstroke (1:32.37).

The Honkers return to the pool on March 10, when they host Inderkum in another TCC meet at Gauche Aquatic Park.

JV BASEBALL Sutter 6, Oroville 4 In Sutter – Kace Ingvoldsen hit a bases-clearing double in fourth inning to propel the Huskies past the Tigers on the final day of the Sutter JV Tournament.

Cory McIntyre finished 2 for 3 and Austin Jones struck out five over five innings to earn the win for Sutter (2-1).